In China, the animation industry is sluggish, and animated films are also not good. Of the top ten highest-grossing films, only one is domestic, and it is for children. As Zhao Jingmei said, the box office is less than 300 million.

In recent years, from hip to hero, a movie will be released every year to make money, and the performance is not bad. has almost formed a brand, which makes major film companies very jealous.

Zhao Jingmei saw the strong performance of the animation of "Diwu" in the second season, and had the idea of putting it on the big screen. However, this kind of human-oriented animated film has no precedent for success in China.

That said, the project carries a huge risk. According to her meaning, the best thing is to control the cost, if the cost is controlled at about 10 million, it is definitely a project worth investing in. With the current popularity of this anime, coupled with excellent publicity, she believes that at least recovering the cost will not be a problem.

But as soon as Zhong Yue opened his mouth, it was an investment of 90 million. In her opinion, it is pure nonsense. With such a high investment, it would take at least 270 million at the box office to recover the cost. More than 300 million, there is money to be made.

The country is not as good as the United States. In the United States, the peripheral sales of an animated film can reach half or even more of the box office. This is unthinkable in the country.

A human-oriented animated film, if it wants to break the box office of 300 million, it is simply a fantasy. Prior to this, excluding the two children-oriented animated films, the highest-grossing animated film was Fengyun Jue a few years ago, with 33 million.

The "Fengyun" comic is a hugely influential work, not only adapted from TV series, but also from movies. And then to animated films. The influence is definitely more than a dozen streets away from "Emperor Wu". Such an animated film. The box office "broke the record" and got 33 million.

There is no doubt that this kind of human-oriented animated film definitely belongs to the niche. Even though the domestic film market has developed rapidly in recent years, how much box office can this niche film get?

Zhao Jingmei wanted to tell Zhong Yue out loud that the movie didn't do that.

In her opinion, Zhong Yue was carried away by the successes one after another. Since the animation of the first "Emperor Warrior", I have lost my mind a little. How can a normal person spend tens of millions to make an animation that is destined to lose money?

Even if he succeeded by luck, the second part began to make a profit. But this success made him even more crazy, and he actually planned to spend 90 million to make this movie.

Zhong Yue shook his head and said, "I think the quality of the movie comes first, the audience is not a fool, and they will naturally vote with their feet." ”

Zhao Jingmei did not agree with him. In recent years, the film market can be said to be stupid and have a lot of money. There are not a few low-budget movies that end up being big hits. Still, she didn't want to convince him. I gave up my intention to invest directly in this project.

"I think it's too risky for the board to approve the investment," she said. However, there is absolutely no problem with the distribution, and after the film production is completed, I will fight for the best schedule and schedule for you. ”

Zhong Yue said, "Then I'll thank Auntie first." ”

He shouted out such a high investment amount, originally to make her retreat. If she agreed, he would have a headache. As for her assurances, it's just a matter of listening. If he ends up making a big bad movie, will she still keep her promise?

Therefore, in the end, it is up to the work to speak.

He said, "By the way, there is really something that I want my aunt to help me with." ”

Zhao Jingmei was slightly stunned, and then smiled, "Just say anything directly, do you still need to be polite with your aunt?"

"I know that Chengying has a big production recently, and some special effects are handed over to the United States side to do. I want to go to that special effects studio and see it, I wonder if it's okay?" Zhong Yue asked.

Hearing this request, Zhao Jingmei smiled, "I thought it was a big deal, it's very simple, I'll help you arrange it in a few days." ”

"Then thank you Auntie. This time, Zhong Yue's thanks were much more sincere.

Zhao Jingmei asked casually, "Do you also want to do special effects?"

"Nowadays, special effects are basically indispensable for filmmaking, which is arguably a very important part of the film industry, and I am certainly interested. Zhong Yue did not hide his purpose.

Zhao Jingmei didn't pay attention to it, there are many people in China who want to do special effects, and there is no decent one so far. In this regard, the gap between China and the United States is not ordinarily large.

The two chatted for a while, and the banquet began. A banquet like this was quite boring in Zhong Yue's opinion, and he didn't listen to what the people above said.

…………

Just when Zhong Yue and Chu Yun entered the hotel, outside the door of Chu Yun's rented room, Cai Jiangyi knocked on the door with a bouquet of red roses in his hand.

After a while, the door opened, it was Du Wenwen, and when she saw him, her face was a little strange.

Cai Jiangyi didn't pay attention to her expression, looked inside, and asked, "What about Chu Yun?"

"She went out. Du Wenwen said.

Cai Jiangyi subconsciously glanced at the time, a little surprised, she usually doesn't go out at night, "Where did you go?"

"I said I was working overtime. Du Wenwen is a righteous person, without blinking her eyes, she made up a lie, "You came to her, didn't you tell her in advance?"

Cai Jiangyi smiled reluctantly and said, "I originally wanted to surprise her." ”

"Why don't you come in and wait for her?" Du Wenwen opened the door.

Cai Jiangyi hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay then." After entering, he took out the phone and called Chu Yun, but it rang more than a dozen times and no one answered.

Du Wenwen came out with a cup of hot water, placed it in front of him, and then sat down opposite him.

Cai Jiangyi nodded to her, continued to dial Chu Yun's phone, called several times in a row, but did not answer, and put the mobile phone on the table a little irritably.

"Maybe it's vibrating. Yunyun is like this when she is studying, she is afraid that her mobile phone will disturb her. Du Wenwen explained to her friend.

Cai Jiangyi's face was a little better, and he also remembered that when she used to study, she really didn't like to be disturbed by others, and she wouldn't answer the phone.

Du Wenwen rolled her eyes and said, "Ask you something." ”

"What's the matter?" Cai Jiangyi kept his eyes on his phone, wanting to wait for Chu Yun to call back when he saw that there was a missed call, and replied casually.

Du Wenwen said curiously and asked, "You have been chasing Yunyun for two years, how far has it developed now?"

Cai Jiangyi's face was a little unnatural, "Why are you asking this?"

"Curious. Du Wenwen stared at him, "She went back to her hometown with you last week, and you didn't take her down?"

Cai Jiangyi finally took his eyes off his phone, glanced at her, and said, "I respect her very much." ”

"Then there are always kisses, right?" Du Wenwen asked again.

Cai Jiangyi laughed dryly twice and said, "This ......"

Du Wenwen understood, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Then hold hands ......"

"Where's the bathroom?" Cai Jiangyi was already sweating profusely.

Du Wenwen pointed in the direction of the bathroom and said, "Over there." ”

"Thank you. ”

Seeing him rush into the bathroom like a run, Du Wenwen finally couldn't help laughing, he really had nothing to do with Chu Yun after making trouble for a long time.

It's not right, with Chu Yun's temperament, since he is willing to go back to his hometown with him, he must have initially accepted this person. That is, the stage when they are about to become boyfriend and girlfriend, and they are not yet boyfriend and girlfriend.

It's a pity that Cai Jiangyi has been pursuing hard for two years, and he is almost on the verge of a kick in the door, but he didn't expect to kill halfway to bite the gold.

Du Wenwen thought of this, and found it particularly interesting. "When she comes back, she must be interrogated. (To be continued......)

PS: It's 300,000 words, it's not easy, ask for a few monthly passes.